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Friday, 10 June 2011

ABOVE THE WAR on DVD

aka THE B-TEAM

My buddy Knudsford who does the Asian Cult Cinema Showcase blog in Japan has just told me ABOVE THE WAR has been released on DVD over there! I've already got the Japanese VHS so I'm not gonna order the DVD but if any of you do please let us know about quality and if there's any cool extras. Thanks.

The above cover is my VHS but the front is basically the same. Read more about ABOVE THE WAR here.

9 comments:

G'day Jack, it was came out with wide screen format and quality as better than VHS I hope.About extras, Dick Kajiwara's audio comments and trailers as well. English/Japanese dual audio. Hope it helps! cheers mate :)

Thanks, Simon. I had already seen the YesAsia listing. Before any of you rush off to spend 50 dollars on this I should point out that this film is the rare combination of Filipino Vietnam war movie PLUS comedy!!! Ron Kristoff being the funny guy! o_O

LOL. I didn't think it was all that good, actually I would say it's more INTERESTING than good.

However... having said that... I should point out this IS a totally rare film!!! I'm certain it was only released to home cinema in Japan! It was shot under the title "The B-Team" and Bert Spoor who was in it didn't even know it had ever been released until I told him I had found the Japanese VHS.

I think it's an alright actioner but not in the top league (of the Filipino Vietnam war trash, lol). The film is a rare mix of Vietnam war and ... comedy! Watch Ron Kristoff as a funny guy! Personally I didn't think it worked very well but, hey, don't listen to me I'm just a fan like anybody else. You may love the film.

Bikini girls with machine guns

Yep, this video is from the one they're watching in Tarantino's JACKIE BROWN. It's an awesome video; I mean all it is is a bunch of scantly clad sexy babes with automatic guns going: "This is an AK47" pow pow pow pow
- Haha. Absolutely fantastic! xD.

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Where to download these movies???

Sometimes readers ask were they can download the films mentioned on this blog. I'm afraid I can't help you. Most of these films are old video tapes that I've spent months, and sometimes years, on tracking down. I'm simply not interested in downloading movies and I have no clue as to where you can do that. I want to own real releases. On a rare occasion I might swap a dvd-r with someone (or nice readers send me dvd-r's for free).If you wish to try and track down the old video releases I would recommend eBay, Amazon, and Cinehound forum's trade section.

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